|
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Reza Aslan · Random House, 2013. Â2013.
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
|
|
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Good Housekeeping * BOOKLIST * Publishers Weekly * BookishFrom the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works
James K. A. Smith · Baker Academic
Format: Paperback
|
|
How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Emerson W. Baker · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Qur'an in Conversation
Michael Birkel · Baylor University Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The Qur'an is God's verbatim speech for most traditional Muslims. Qur'an in Conversation reflects how this sacred text of Islam comes into dialogue with the contemporary world through the voices of the eloquent interpreters gathered in this volume.In Qur'an in Conversation,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Reason for My Hope: Salvation
Billy Graham · W Group
Pages: 207
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Back cover: What is the most hopeful word in History?For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION.Salvation from what?From our selfish and self-destructive selves.From the messes we get ourselves into.From the sin that has haunted humanity from the beginning of time and the evil that pulls... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Preaching in Hitler's Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich
Dean G. Stroud · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
|
|
What did German preachers opposed to Hitler say in their Sunday sermons? When the truth of Christ could cost a pastor his life, what words encouraged and challenged him and his congregation? This book answers those questions.Preaching in Hitler's Shadow begins with a fascinating look... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Mind of God: Neuroscience, Faith, and a Search for the Soul
JAY LOMBARD · Harmony
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
|
|
For fans of Deepak Chopra, Rudy Tanzi, and Andrew Newberg. A renowned behavioral neurologist provides insights to some of the most curious spiritual questions we all face. Is there a God?It's a question billions of people have asked since the dawn of time. You would think by now we'd... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
Robert E Buswell · Princeton University Press
Pages: 1265
Format: Print book
|
|
With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine
Paul A Offit · Basic Books
Pages: 271
Format: Print book
|
|
In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio's Amish country - despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Unscrolled: 54 Writers and Artists Wrestle with the Torah
Roger Bennett · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
|
|
Announcing a smart, daring, original new take on the Torah. Imagine: 54 leading young Jewish writers, artists, photographers, screenwriters, architects, actors, musicians, and graphic artists grappling with the first five books of the Bible and giving new meaning to the 54 Torah portions... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
John Shelby Spong · HarperOne; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Talmud - A Biography: Banned, censored and burned. The book they couldn't suppress
Harry Freedman · Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Containing nearly two million words in thirty-seven volumes, the Talmud covers topics as diverse as law, faith, medicine, magic, ethics, sex, humor, and prayer. It is a highly complex, profoundly logical, and frequently impenetrable work with a history like no other. In its fifteen-hundred-year... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Body Intelligence: Harness Your Body's Energies for Your Best Life
Joseph Cardillo PhD · Beyond Words Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the holistic psychology expert and author of the mind-body-spirit classic Be Like Water, comes a guide filled with revolutionary methods to help you find the physical and psychological energy you need to live a vibrant life.Have you ever told yourself to power through, "fake it until... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
